Tatting-shuttle winder.



W. C. JONES. TATTING SHUTTLE WINDER. APPLICATION FILED JULY 21. 1916.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Rial, 26, 1918.

Application filed July 27, 1916. Serial No. 111,641.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, -WEsLnY G. Jones, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city of Portland,"county of Multnomah, and State ofOregon, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tatting-Shuttle Winders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to tatting shuttle winders. and has among itssalient objects to Provide a simple andcomparatively inexpensive tattingshuttle winder, capable of receiving any and all sizes and kinds oftatting shuttles, the principal object of my invention, however, beingto provide a shuttle winder on towhich the shuttle can be easily andquickly placed, without the necessityv of adjusting clips and withoutthenecessity of springing one leaf, or side,

of the tatting shuttle, at its points, with the fingers, in order toattach it to the holder.

I am aware that a great many diiferent.

kinds of shuttle winders have been devised, but most of thenirequire aspecially constructed shuttle and those which do not require a speciallyconstructed shuttle are so constructed that it is necessary to springone side of the shuttle away from the other side, at its points, withthe fingers, in order to insert it in some holding means on the shuttlewinder.

In my improved shuttle winder it is only necessary to slip the shuttleon to the winder, and in so doing one of the sides of the shuttle, atits points, is automatically straightened, leaving the other, or outsideof the shuttle, at its points, spaced from the winder so that the threadcan be easily and rapidly wound upon the shuttle as the winder is turnedby means of a small crank.

In order to more clearly explain my invention, I have illustrated thesame in the Fig. 3 is an end view showing the shuttle in the position ofbeing started on to the holder.

Referring now more in detail to the drawings, my invention comprises abody member 1. consisting of a strip of material, substantially asshown, having at its opposite at 5, is a crank 65. extended through theup per end of a handle 7. A thread guide 8, is

inserted in the handle, as clearly shown,

through which the thread is guided on to the shuttle, designated S.

In order to apply the shuttle to the handle, it is only necessary toplace the shuttle in the position shown in Fig. 3, so that the ends ofthe fingers 2 and 3, pass between the sides of the shuttle at theirends, and then move the shuttle on to the holder in the directionindicated by the arrow, Fig. 3. It will be noticed that the middleportion of the'inner side of the shuttle slides up on to the bearingmember 4, while the ends of the inner side of the shuttle passunderneath the fingers 2 and 3, as clearly illustrated in. Fig. 2. Thismovement of the shuttle on to the holder straightens the side of theshuttle attached to the body, or winder, leaving an open space betweenthe fingers 2 and 3, and the opposite ends of the outer side of theshuttle so that the thread T, to be wound upon the shuttle, can passtherebetween. Attention is also called to the fact that the curved frontand back of the fingers operate to guide the thread betweenv theopposite ends of the outer side of the shuttle and the fingers, so thatthe winder can be turned rapidly without danger of the thread catchingeither on the fingers or on the ends of the shuttle.

I prefer to make my invention of sheet metal in order that it may berapidly and cheaply stamped therefrom, but I am aware that changes canbe made therein without departing from the spirit thereof, and I do not,therefore, limit the invention to the form'here shown, except as I maybe limited bv the hereto appended claims.

I claim: 1. A tatting shuttle winder comprlsing a body revolubly mountedand having two the middle portion of the shuttle as it is moved on tosaid finger.

2. A tatting shuttle winder comprising a body provided at its ends withtwo fingers bent crosswise over the body at its ends, atv

a space therefrom, and having a middle bearing portion on the same sidebetween said fingers, whereby as a shuttle is placed upon said body saidfingersfirst pass between the sides of the shuttle near its ends, beforesaid shuttle passes on to said middle bearing portion, substantially asshown and described.

3. A tatting shuttle winder of the character shown and describedcomprisinga handle, a long body revolubly mounted thereupon with meansfor turning the same, said body being provided at its ends with curvedlaterally projecting fingers adapted to be first inserted laterallybetween the sides of a shuttle,near its points, and having a middlebearing portion adapted to engage the outside of a shuttle in themiddle, whereby to flex one side of the shuttle away from the otherside, and a thread guide in alinement with the outer side of saidfingers for guiding the thread on to said shuttle as said body isturned, substantially as described. Signed at Portland, Multnomahcounty, Oregon, this 3rd day of J My, 1916. i

WESLEY O. JONES. In presence of- I. M. GRIFFIN, G. L. LITZENBERG.

Copies of this patent, may be obtained for five cents each, byaddressing the Commissioner. oi- Patents,

Washington, D. C.

